CT19 5PS

Last sold £322,000 in June 2020

40, Downs Road, Folkestone

Property type: Detached
Bedrooms: 5 (est.)
Tenure: Freehold
Floor area: 1,098 sq ft / 102 sq m
EPC rating: E

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
October 1998	£83,000		7.25%
June 2020	£322,000	+288.0%	0.1%	+64 pts

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Oct 1998 — £83,000
Jun 2020 — £322,000 · +288.0% · 64 pts ahead of the UK market

paid below the local norm at the time

vs 20 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km

The life around it

Mundella Primary School is 355m away.
The Beacon Folkestone is 271m away.
Folkestone Central station is 1.1km away.
Killing Wood is 2.1km away.
The coast (coastline) is 1.4km away.
The Hart Reservoir is 1.6km away.
Boating Pond is 663m away.
Canal is 4.4km away.
Pent Stream is 478m away.
Radnor Park is 535m away.
Play Area is 262m away.

Broadband

Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
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Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Folkestone Central, 1.1km away

56 min London

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

1 The Beacon Folkestone 0.2 miles State Attainment 8: 0.5 (2023)
2 Mundella Primary School · Primary 0.2 miles State Ofsted Good
3 Stella Maris Catholic Primary School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.3 miles State
4 Castle Hill Community Primary School · Primary 0.4 miles State Ofsted Good
5 Folkestone Primary · Primary 0.4 miles State Ofsted Good
6 Folkestone Academy · Secondary 0.4 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 31.0 (2023)
7 Compass Community School Coastal Park 0.5 miles State Attainment 8: 6.0 (2023)
8 Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone · Primary · Church of England 0.6 miles State Ofsted Good
9 Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.8 miles State
10 Folkestone Beacon Plus 0.8 miles State

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Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 74 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

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Planning activity nearby

Single storey front porch extension and new roof to existing bay window. — Conditions, Oct 2025 source
Single storey rear & side extension with a raised rear decking area, with associated 1.8m… — Conditions, May 2026 source
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 23/1215/FH to allow for… — Conditions, Aug 2025 source
Single storey rear extension and conversion of existing garage into additional living… — Conditions, May 2026 source
Variation of conditions 2 (approved drawings) and 3 (materials) of planning permission… — Conditions, May 2025 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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